Milivoje M. Kostic

Education

Dipl. -Ing (B.S.+) 1975 and M.S. (1978) in Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois in Chicago (1984)

Research and Scholarly Interests

Fundamental laws of nature; thermodynamics and heat transfer fundamentals; the second law of thermodynamics and entropy; energy efficiency; conservation and sustainability; fluids-thermal-energy components and systems; nanotechnology and nanofluids.

Current Scholarly and Research Interest: Presentations andManuscripts in Preparation:

·Kostic, M., "Revisiting The Second Law of Energy Degradation and Entropy Generation: From Sadi Carnot’s Ingenious Reasoning to Holistic Generalization," The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Status and Challenges, Symposium, San Diego, CA, 2011. Published by American Institute of Physics, DOI: 10.1063/1.3665247